CVE-2016-2785

Puppet Server before 2.3.2 and Ruby puppetmaster in Puppet 4.x before 4.4.2 and in Puppet Agent before 1.4.2 might allow remote attackers to bypass intended auth.conf access restrictions by leveraging incorrect URL decoding.

CVSS v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL
CVSS v2.0 7.5 HIGH

9.8^/10

CVSS v3.0 : CRITICAL

V3 Legend

Vector :

Exploitability : 3.9 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector NETWORK

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction NONE

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

7.5^/10

CVSS v2.0 : HIGH

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/puppetlabs/puppet/pull/4921/commits/8d2ce797db265720f0a20d1d46ee2757b4e4f6b2	Vendor Advisory
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201606-02	Third Party Advisory
https://puppet.com/security/cve/cve-2016-2785	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.0.0:rc1::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.0.0:rc2::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.0.0:rc3::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.2.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.2.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.2.3:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.3.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.3.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet:4.4.1:::::::*

Configuration 2 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.0.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.1.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.1.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.1.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.2.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.3.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_server:2.3.1:::::::*

Configuration 3 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:puppet:puppet_agent:1.4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Information

Published : 2016-06-10 08:59

Updated : 2021-09-09 05:56

NVD link : CVE-2016-2785

Mitre link : CVE-2016-2785

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-284

Improper Access Control

Products Affected

puppet

puppet_agent
puppet_server
puppet

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